Barcelona, Spain
The financial problems in the FC Barcelona they do not stop, and in the last hours they have worsened since it was known that one of its main sponsors will not continue with the Catalan team.
At the time the institution that chaired by Joan Laporta needs to accommodate numbers and earn income, received the terrible news that the Japanese company “Rakuten” has decided not to renew its contract with the Catalan team.
In information it provides Sports newspaper, The Japanese company has already communicated to the Board of Directors of FC Barcelona its decision not to extend its alliance at the end of 2022, so the Barça club would be looking for a new sponsor for the season next.
The departures of Lionel Messi and Griezmann, along with the uncertainty about the solvency both sporting and financial level of FC Barcelona, would have caused the sponsor to decide to step aside.
Rakuten became the sponsor of the Catalan club in 2017, and during the first four seasons of his contract at FC Barcelona receive 55 million euros a year from the Japanese company, while the latter, due to the coronavirus, this figure dropped to 30 million euros.
Now, the Board of Directors of Laporta must look to the market for an offer that will encourage the club to regain its competitiveness in recent years.